Research Catalog

Title

More than just a game : one hundred years of organized sport in Prince Edward Island, 1850-1950 / Charlie Ballem.

Author

Ballem, H. Charles.

Publication

Charlottetown, P.E.I. : Acorn Press, 2004.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Sport P.E.I. Inc.

Description

290 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"More Than Just a Game chronicles one hundred years of organized sport in Prince Edward Island, from the Island and Maritime playing fields to the ultimate athletic achievement in amateur sport: the Olympic Games. It tells the story of how sporting teams came together to create community, and, at the same time, brought communities together." "Included are the stories of athletes such as Bill Halpenny, PEI's first athlete to compete in the Olympics in 1904 and 1912; Michael Thomas, an Island Mi'kmaq, the best and most highly publicized distance runner in Eastern Canada in 1912; and world-famous Joe O'Brien, a harness-racing driver from Alberton who could communicate with horses by the way he held the reins."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Sports > Prince Edward Island > History > 19th century
• Sports > Prince Edward Island > History > 20th century
• Sports > Île-du-Prince-Édouard > Histoire > 19e siècle
• Sports > Île-du-Prince-Édouard > Histoire > 20e siècle

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Co-published by: Sport PEI.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical rererences and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The early years - a sense of community -- "Sport for all (most)" -- Post-time, Gentlemen --Towards an organized sport system -- Hockey - Winter's favourite pastime -- Leadership and athletic excellence -- War and rejuvenation -- Only Gold - Maritime champions in Hockey/track and field -- The resilience of sport -- Turbulent times for Senior Hockey -- Sport battles -- Reclaiming excellence.

ISBN

1894838084 :

OCLC

53396480

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library